17th-18th century
H. 16.5 x W. 16.3 cm (6 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Handscroll converted into an "orihon" (folding book); ink on paper with columnar guidelines in pale ink and punctuation marks in red; Paper covers with pale red printed design and printed label. Dated by inscription.
8th centuryJapaneseHandscroll preserving title and 4 colophons from which a portrait painting (1931.213a) was cut; ink on paper
ChineseThe nineteenth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
Chinese15th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapaneseBook fragment now mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and pale red ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseTwenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper
17th centuryJapaneseInk, color and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianHandscroll; ink on decorated paper with gold and silver
17th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapanese38th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper
17th-18th centuryJapanese